Field Notebooks, 1929 - 1972

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Field Notebooks, 1929 - 1972

This series contains field notebooks created by National Park Service engineers. The notebooks were first kept by the National Park Service, beginning in 1929. Custody of the records was given to the Southwest Region in 1965 and then transferred to the Technical Information Center in 1971. The notebooks contain field notes or construction notes for park facilities. Parks covered in this series include Abraham Lincoln Birthplace National Historic Site (NHS), Acadia National Park (NP), Agate Fossil Beds National Monument (NM), Allegheny Portage Railroad NHS, Amistad National Recreational Area (NRA), Antietam National Cemetery (NC), Appomattox Court House NP, Arbuckle NRA, Assateague Island National Seashore (NS), Badlands NM, Bandelier NM, Bent's Old Fort NHS, Big Bend NP, Big Hold National Battlefield (NB), Bighorn Canyon NRA, Black Canyon of the Gunnison NM, Blue Ridge Parkway, Bryce Canyon NP, Cabrillo NM, Canyonlands NP, Cape Cod NS, Cape Hatteras NS, Cape Lookout NS, Capitol Reef NP, Capulin Mountain NM, Carlsbad Caverns NP, Canyon De Chelly NM, Cedar Breaks NM, Chaco Canyon NM, Chalmette National Historic Park (NHP), Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park (NMP), Chiricahua NM, Christiansted NHS, City of Refuge NHS, Colonial NHP, Colorado NM, Coronado National Memorial (NMEM), Coulee Dam NRA, Crater Lake NP, Craters of the Moon NM, Cumberland Gap NHP, Curecanti NRA, Custer Battlefield NM, De Soto NMEM, Death Valley NM, Delaware Water Gap NRA, Devils Post Pile NM, Dinosaur NM, Edison NHS, Effigy Mounds NM, El Morro NM, Everglades NP, Fire Island NS, Fort Bowie NHS, Fort Caroline NMEM, Fort Clatsop NMEM, Fort Davis NHS, Fort Donelson NMP, Fort Laramie NHS, Fort Larned NHS, Fort Matanzas NM, Fort McHenry NMEM and Historic Shrine, Fort Necessity NB, Fort Pulaski NM, Fort Sumter NM, Fort Union Trading Post NHS, Fort Vancouver NHS, Fredericksburg and Spotsylvania County Battlefields Memorial NMP, George Washington Birthplace NM, Gettysburg NMP, Gila Cliff Dwellings NM, Glacier Bay NM, Glacier NP, Glen Canyon NRA, Golden Spike NHS, Gran Quivira NM, Grand Canyon NP, Grand Portage NM, Grand Teton NP, Great Basin NM, Great Sand Dunes NM, Great Smoky Mountains NP, Haleakala NP, Harpers Ferry NHP, Hawaii Volcanoes NP, Herbert Hoover NHS, Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt NHS, Hopewell Furnace NHS, Horseshoe Bend NMP, Hot Springs NP, Hovenweep Village NHS, Independence NHP, Isle Royale NP, Jewel Cave NM, Johnstown Flood NMEM, Joshua Tree NM, Katami NP, Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park (NBP), Kings Canyon NP, Kings Mountain NMP, Kino Missions NM, Lake Meredith Recreational Area (RA), Lassen Volcanic NP, Lava Beds NM, Lincoln Boyhood NM, Mammoth Cave NP, Manassas NBP, Mesa Verde NP, Montezuma Castle NM, Morristown NHP, Mount McKinley NP, Mount Rainier NP, Muir Woods NM, Natural Bridges NM, Navajo NM, Ocmulgee NM, Olympic NP, Oregon Caves NM, Organ Pipe Cactus NM, Ozark National Scenic Riverways, Pea Ridge NMP, Pecos NM, Petrified Forest NP, Pinnacles NM, Pipe Springs NM, Pipestone NM, Platt NP, Point Reyes NS, Rocky Mountain NP, Russell Cave NM, Saguaro NM, Saratoga NHP, Sequoia NP, Shenandoah NP, Sitka NHP, Statue of Liberty NM, Stones River NB, Sunset Crater NM, Theodore Roosevelt National Memorial Park, Timpanogas Cave NM, Tonto NM, Tuzigoot NM, Walnut Canyon NM, White Sands NM, Whitman Mission NHS, Wilson's Creek NB, Wright Brothers NMEM, Wupatki NM, Yellowstone NP, Yosemite NP, and Zion NP.

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